Dichomeris cyprophanes

Dichomeris cyprophanes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.[2]

Dichomeris cyprophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Dichomeris
Species:
D. cyprophanes
Binomial name
Dichomeris cyprophanes
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Daemonarcha cyprophanes Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are deep blue purple, towards the apex and termen becoming bright coppery. There is a faint oblique coppery strigula on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris cyprophanes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris cyprophanes (Meyrick, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 27 – via Sabinet.


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